AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
WAWA is a nature education centre managed by the member based Wonder Acre Woods Association.
FORTS, FAIRIES AND CAMPFIRES
Ages: juniors (for younger children)
$240: 6 WEEKS / $420: 12 WEEKS
When: 3:15pm - 5:15pm / once a week
Let the young mind’s natural inclination to dreaminess run free.
Build forts in the Wonder Acre Woods with natural materials; make fairy houses; learn basic organic gardening skills; prepare healthy food and enjoy it around a campfire; create arts and crafts.
BUILD, GROW AND CREATE
Ages: Seniors (for older children)
$240: 6 WEEKS / $420: 12 WEEKS
When: 3:15pm - 5:15pm / once a week
Design and build structures out of recycled materials; plant, tend, harvest and cook organic vegetables; make healthy treats; construct and challenge a friend on an obstacle course; enjoy arts and crafts.
SELF-RELIANCE FOR TEENS
Ages: Teens
$240: 6 WEEKS / $420: 12 WEEKS
When: 3:15pm - 5:15pm / once a week
Have fun hanging out with friends in nature while learning useful skills and gaining confidence.
Learn: advanced organic gardening skills; cooking and baking for a healthy gut microbiome; construction and tool skills; wilderness self-reliance skills; experience the calm from shifting to the right side of the brain with canvas painting, drawing and art projects.
THE NON-DIGITAL SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAM
Ages: All
$100/Hour
When: by arrangement
We offer individualized sessions for youths with autism and other diagnoses. The Wonder Acre Woods has a different philosophy and approach to working with children with special needs. We don’t see your child as broken. Their bodies and brains are brilliantly adaptive. Instead of trying to change behavior, through behaviour modification, we seek to find the root cause of the behaviour as well as encouraging, nurturing and developing each child’s innate gifts, talents, interests and genius.
Those who have a child with an autism diagnosis, provincial autism funding may be used.
For programs including nutritional counseling, extended medical benefits may apply.